Home gateway remote auto management system and method thereof

Abstract

A home gateway remote auto management system and method thereof. The home gateway remote auto management system includes a home device having a modem capable of connecting to a public switched telephone network, a home gateway transmitting an error message corresponding to a connection error with an external access network, to the home device, and a remote management server connecting to the public switched telephone network and transmitting a configuration data to handle an authentication of the home gateway and the connection error. The home device transmits the configuration data to the home gateway.

1 . A home gateway remote auto management system comprising: 
 a home device having a modem operable to connect with a public switched telephone network;    a home gateway transmitting an error message corresponding to a connection error with an external access network, to the home device; and    a remote management server connecting with the public switched telephone network and transmitting configuration data to handle an authentication of the home gateway and the connection error,    wherein the home device transmits the configuration data to the home gateway.    
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the home gateway comprises: 
 an access network unit connecting with the external access network;    a determination unit determining whether the connection error with the external access network has occurred;    a gateway processing unit transmitting the error message corresponding to the connection error, to the home device when the connection error occurs; and    an installing unit installing the configuration data transmitted from the home device, to the access network unit.    
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 an error message storing unit storing the error message corresponding to the connection error; and    a gateway communication unit transmitting the error message to the home device and receiving the configuration data from the home device.    
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the home device comprises: 
 an input/output unit inputting and outputting data from and to the home gateway;    a device communication unit connecting to the public switched telephone network through the modem and communicating with the remote management server; and    a device processing unit controlling the device communication unit to connect to the public switched telephone network when the error message is input,    wherein the device processing unit controls the input/output unit to output the configuration data to the home gateway when the configuration data is transmitted.    
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the remote management server comprises: 
 a server communication unit communicating with the home device via the public switched telephone network;    an error message management DB storing the configuration data corresponding to each error message; and    a server processing unit detecting configuration data among the prestored configuration data to solve the error message of the home gateway,    wherein the server processing unit transmits the detected configuration data to the home device through the server communication unit.    
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 5 , further comprising a configuration data processing unit converting the detected configuration data to a data format of the home gateway and transmitting it to the server communication unit.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 5 , further comprising an authentication unit authenticating by using unique information of the home gateway, and 
 wherein if the home gateway reports an initial connection stage in a process of the authentication, the server processing unit controls the server communication unit to transmit configuration data corresponding to an initial connection error among the prestored configuration data to the home device.    
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the home device is a personal terminal.  
   
   
       9 . A home gateway auto management method comprising: 
 (a) transmitting an error message corresponding to a connection error between a home gateway and an external access network to a home device;    (b) connecting to a remote management server;    (c) uploading the error message to the remote management server;    (d) downloading configuration data to the home device to solve the connection error; and    (e) reinstalling the configuration data to the home gateway.    
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the step (a) comprises: 
 connecting to the external access network;    determining whether the connection error has occurred with respect to the external access network; and    transmitting the error message corresponding to the connection error to the home device when the connection error occurs.    
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising storing the error message corresponding to the connection error.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 9 , after the step (b), further comprising: 
 authenticating by using unique information of the home gateway;    determining whether connection of the home gateway is an initial connection or not;    in case of the initial connection, downloading an initial configuration data to the home device; and    reconfiguring the initial configuration data to the home gateway.    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12 , before the downloading step, further comprising converting the initial configuration data to a data format of the home gateway.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the step (d) comprises: 
 detecting configuration data corresponding to the uploaded error message;    converting the detected configuration data to the data format of the home gateway; and    downloading the converted configuration data to the home device.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the step (e) comprises: 
 transmitting the downloaded configuration data to the home gateway; and    reconfiguring the external access network of the home gateway using the configuration data.    
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the home device is a personal terminal.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the connection to the remote management server is via a public switched telephone network.